Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (1998)
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided May 20, 1998Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Superintendent Garrett,
¶ 0 This office has received your letter asking for an official Opinion regarding the following question:
May a school district expend funds in support of a localschool foundation?
¶ 1 A local school foundation is generally a nonprofit organization created to support a school district; it receives its support from private sources and does not receive public funding. Your question requires examination of the relationship between various sections of Title 70 — Section 5-145 relating to school foundations, Section 5-105 designating a school district as a body corporate,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. CloudmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
- Joint School Dist. No. 132 v. DabneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
- Independent School District No. 8 of Seiling v. SwansonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- Carlyle v. Independent School District No. I-71 of McCurtain CountyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
- Rural Water District No. 3, Pushmataha County v. Antlers Public Works AuthorityCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993